What’s it about? Takigawa Miu has no ambition to be an idol, until one day a mysterious letter from a talent agency arrives requesting she come to the zoo. There, she meets seven other girls and is taken to a massive underground complex dedicated to the girls’ professional development. Desperate to feed her family, Miu resolves to swallow her pride and become what she hates the … [Read more...] about 22/7– Episode 1
Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga – Episode 1
What’s it about? Oda Nobunaga has met his match and dies in a fire at the infamous Honnouji Incident of 1582. As he dies, he reflects on his life as a warlord and acknowledges his deeds may very well see him reborn as a dog in his next life. And he’s right. Some 430 or so years later, Nobunaga is now Cinnamon, the Shiba dog. Follow his new life as he reunites with other … [Read more...] about Oda Cinnamon Nobunaga – Episode 1
Infinite Dendrogram – Episode 1
What’s it about? Mukudori Reiji has bought himself the hottest new MMORPG of 2043: a virtual reality simulation of a fantasy world so real all the NPCs are unique AI constructs. After setting up his new character, Ray Starling, he sets out on an adventure where tians (NPCs) can permanently die. … [Read more...] about Infinite Dendrogram – Episode 1
Nekopara – Episode 1
What’s it about? Vanilla and Chocola live with Minazuki Kasho above his chic little patisserie La Soleil. As Chocola goes out to buy some ponzu sauce for some fancy tuna, she encounters a mysterious kitten who follows her home. … [Read more...] about Nekopara – Episode 1
Uchitama?! Have you Seen my Tama? – Episode 1
What’s it about? Based on the popular mascot characters Tama and Friends, Uchitama?! follows cat Tama as he hangs out with the other cats and dogs in District 3. … [Read more...] about Uchitama?! Have you Seen my Tama? – Episode 1
Hatena Illusion – Episode 1
What’s it about? After the mysterious disappearance of her mother, Kana Hoshisato works to find out what happened as Hatena, the master thief! Meanwhile, Kana’s childhood friend Makoto Shiranui comes to stay at the Hoshisato residence to become a stage magician’s apprentice to Kana’s father, but Kana doesn’t remember her childhood bestie Makoto being a boy. … [Read more...] about Hatena Illusion – Episode 1
Seton Academy: Join the Pack! – Episode 1
What’s it about? A young Mazama Jin once helped a wolf girl being bullied by a gang of bears. The resultant scuffle made him hate animals ever since, but he later enrolls in Seton Academy, a co-ed private school attended by a menagerie of different species from the animal kingdom. On the first day of school, Mazama reunites with Ookami Ranka, the girl he once saved. Can he get … [Read more...] about Seton Academy: Join the Pack! – Episode 1
Darwin’s Game – Episode 1
What’s it about? Sudo Kaname joins Darwin’s Game, a mysterious mobile phone game that pits players against each other in a life-or-death round of cat and mouse. Having survived the murderous onslaught of a mysterious man in a panda outfit, Kaname meets Shuka, a young girl who appears to have no qualms killing other players. As Kaname discovers he is able to materialize weapons, … [Read more...] about Darwin’s Game – Episode 1
[Review] Assassins Pride – Episode 1
What’s it about? Kufa Vampir arrives in the lamp-lit city-state Flandore to serve as tutor and servant to Melida Angel. Melida struggles to use magic, an ability she should have inherited from her royal lineage. Kufa finds Melida truly lacks any aptitude for magic, thereby proving his employer’s hunch that she is an illegitimate daughter of commoners. Though he is ordered to … [Read more...] about [Review] Assassins Pride – Episode 1
[Review] ORESUKI Are You the Only One Who Loves Me? – Episode 1
What’s it about? Kisaragi Amatsuyu (Joro) is a normal boy who spends his time hanging out with his best friend Oga Taiyo (Sun-chan) and childhood friend Hinata Aoi (Himawari). He’s also on the student council, headed by the prim and proper Akino Sakura (Cosmos). One day, both Hinata and Akino ask Kisaragi out so they can confess… that they love his best friend. … [Read more...] about [Review] ORESUKI Are You the Only One Who Loves Me? – Episode 1
[Review] Kochoki – Episode 1
What’s it about? Young Kippoushi, who would later grow up to become Oda Nobunaga, is destined for greatness, but his childhood is marked with a delinquent past. As he aids local street rats in pilfering foreign treasure ships right from under his own father’s nose, the young warlord must face the consequences for his actions and learn to think on his feet. … [Read more...] about [Review] Kochoki – Episode 1
[Review] Demon Lord, Retry! – Episode 1
What’s it about? Akira Oono is about to start a new chapter of his life. After developing and supporting INFINITY GAME, his own MMORPG, he has finally decided to put the project to bed. As he takes the servers offline at midnight, he gets transported into a fantasy world and finds he's taken on the appearance of Kunai Hakuto, the demon lord boss of INFINITY GAME. He befriends … [Read more...] about [Review] Demon Lord, Retry! – Episode 1
[Review] NAMUAMIDABUTSU! -UTENA- – Episode 1
What’s it about? Heavenly deities Taishakuten and Bonten have descended upon the mortal realm to save it from its earthly desires after Dainichi Nyorai takes a leave of absence. The two buddha are ready to cleanse the earth and help it towards a period of enlightenment, but the 12 other heavenly deities are telling the two to chill out. … [Read more...] about [Review] NAMUAMIDABUTSU! -UTENA- – Episode 1
[Review] We Never Learn: BOKUBEN – Episode 1
What’s it about? Nariyuki Yuiga covets a special scholarship that will get him a full-ride scholarship into the college of his choice. Good news Nariyuki, you got it—so long as you can tutor literary genius Fumino Furuhashi and math whiz Rizu Ogata. While the two girls flourish on their strengths, their passion relies on succeeding at their catastrophically bad subjects. … [Read more...] about [Review] We Never Learn: BOKUBEN – Episode 1
Newcomer manga artist Rutaro Hina on their career, works, and LGBTQ identities in Japan
Editor's Note: Though Hina does not necessarily identify as genderqueer, they have declined to state what their gender is and requested Anime Feminist use they/them pronouns. 添書：陽名先生はX ジェンダーではないが、Anime Feministのインタビューに対しては性別を公開せず、英語版では代名詞をThey/Themを使っております。 Rutaro Hina, 21, is a newcomer manga artist from Tokyo who now resides in Chiba Prefecture. They first debuted as a … [Read more...] about Newcomer manga artist Rutaro Hina on their career, works, and LGBTQ identities in Japan
[Review] The Quintessential Quintuplets – Episode 1
What’s it about? Smart loner Fuutarou Uesugi finds out he can clear his family’s debt by becoming a tutor for a rich family willing to pay five times the going rate. Well that makes sense, because he’s teaching their quintuplet daughters. … [Read more...] about [Review] The Quintessential Quintuplets – Episode 1
[Review] Dimension High School – Episode 1
What’s it about? Junpei Shirayama finds a rock at school one day that ends up dragging him, three classmates and their science teacher into a parallel anime universe. The five dudes must solve a Sphinx’s riddles to save the earth or die trying. The rock has anime eyes. … [Read more...] about [Review] Dimension High School – Episode 1
[Feature] How NOT to Enter a BDSM Relationship: Consent and abuse in Demon Lord
CONTENT WARNING: Discussions of sexual abuse, slavery, and BDSM; NSFW screenshots. SPOILERS for the entire How Not to Summon A Demon Lord anime series. Is it okay to own another person? Frankly, the answer is no. Notwithstanding the historical foundations of slavery the United States is built upon, there’s still modern-day slavery perpetuated by the prison-industrial … [Read more...] about [Feature] How NOT to Enter a BDSM Relationship: Consent and abuse in Demon Lord
[Review] BAKUMATSU – Episode 1
What’s it about? Choshu Samurai Shinsaku Takasugi was meant to lead a crusade against the seclusionist Tokugawa Shogunate, leading to the Meiji Restoration that rapidly industrialized Japan, but a fateful encounter with a time machine sends Shinsaku, with his best friend Kogoro Katsura, into an alternate steampunk Japan. Why does Takasugi have a boob-window shirt on? … [Read more...] about [Review] BAKUMATSU – Episode 1
[Review] Xuan Yuan Sword Luminary – Episode 1
What’s it About? The Taibai Empire seeks world unification through the use of mass-produced war machines known as “constructs.” Sheep herders Fu Yin, Fu Ning and Pu Zhou are victims of the Taibai’s thirst for conquest as their own village is destroyed. Sisters Yin and Ning become traveling martial artists to make a meager living on the road while Zhou is enslaved by the empire … [Read more...] about [Review] Xuan Yuan Sword Luminary – Episode 1